Category Archives: Treatment Approaches and Perspectives
2010/03/09
Chronic Illness, Community, Coping, Diagnosis, Education and Skill Building, Events, Local Resources, Oregon, Scleroderma, Support Groups, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Treatments and Drug Trials, Washington
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Just a reminder about the Educational Seminar going on this Saturday, offered through the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation. Even if you don’t have this particular disease, the......
2010/03/03
Chronic Illness, Community, Coping, Family, Guest Blogger, Local Resources, MLWT, Oregon, Self-Care, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington
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Hello, dear MLWT readers. I am pleased to be invited to do some guest blogging for you now and then, and it feels like it might be nice to put first things first and introduce myself properly.
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This month in the MLWT Shelfari.com group , and continuing through March, we are discussing the book Unexpected Blessings: Stories of Hope and Healing (Penguin Group, 2009) written by Roxanne B......
I figured that this quote from the familiar children’s story of the “The Three Little Pigs” would be a nice segue into my post today, because it includes a chin reference, a big, bad wolf and lo......
2010/02/24
Chronic Illness, Diagnosis, Guest Blogger, Health, Holistic, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Resources, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington
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Hi All!
I’m Becca Seitz, licensed acupuncturist and owner of Thrive Acupuncture in NE Portland. You can read about what got me into acupuncture and Chinese medicine at the link Maria ga......
I’ve found that my relationship to illness has become more of one that requires me to constantly acknowledge a relationship with illness.
Realistically speaking, the days of being able to keep ......
One would think that living with challenged kidney function, I would probably be swilling fluids all day long in an effort to make sure they keep working. In actuality, though, I tend to walk a......
From the Oregon Branch, Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation:
Arthritis Discoveries ~ Free Public Education Seminar
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location:......
As I contemplate this month’s focus on heart health or, more accurately, the demise of my own heart health, I can’t help but ask myself:
What Would Jillian [Michaels] Do if she had lupus?
This......
I recently heard from Kathy Casey, Executive Director of our Pacific NW Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America regarding the confirmation of a lupus breakout session at the next CNE (Continu......
